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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Featured: The Return Of Arthur!

"After a four-year sabbatical, beloved revolutionary sweetheart Arthur
returns to print, renewed, refreshed, reinvigorated and in a bold new
format: pages as tall and wide as a daily newspaper on compostable
newsprint, with ads only on the back cover(s). Amazing!
In partnership with Portland, Oregon's Floating World Comics,
Arthur's gang of idiots, know-it-alls and village explainers are back,
edited by ol' fool Jay Babcock and art directed by Yasmin Khan.

This issue’s contents include…
Dream a Deeper Dream: A how-to conversation with cartoonist ROARIN’
RICK VEITCH by Jay Babcock. Plus “Cartographer of the American
Dreamtime,” an appreciation of Rick Veitch and his work by Mr. Alan
Moore. Mr. Veitch’s “Self-Portrait in Six Dimensions” graces our cover.

JACK ROSE: the definitive, career-spanning interview with this late
great America guitarist, conducted by Brian Rademaekers just months
before his death three years ago. Plus: Jack Rose discography compiled
by Byron Coley, and an illustration of a classic Jack Rose pose by
Plastic Crimewave.